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UNITE SA'IES A'I JEAN PIERRE MOLLIERE, OF LYON, FRANCE.

MACHINE FOR MOUNTING THE UPPERS OF BOOTS AND SHOES ON LASTS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 13,951, dated December 18, 1855.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN PIERRE MOL- LIERE, of Lyon, in France, haveinvented a new and useful Machine for Mounting the Uppers of Boots andShoes on the Last; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1, Plate III, is a side View section ofthe bearing block for holding the last;

Fig. 2, an end view section and Fig. 3 a top view of the same. Fig. 4L asection of the hammer used and Fig. 5 views of the last.

The letters of reference of the different parts thereof are sufficientlyexplained in the following description.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

In order to mount the upper on the last, I employ a bearing block, whichis fastened to a bench, and each block is at such distance apart, as toallow the workman all the room he needs. It consists of a turned ironcolumn A, secured to a bench by its shank B and the bolts C. Upon thiscolumn, and in a collar, turns freely the piece D, with its neckbearings, and this piece is connected by the small shafts E, to thepeg-carrier piece F, upon which the last is mounted by holes made in itstop part, in such manner that the heel end thereof shall come nearlyflush with one end of the peg-carrier piece. The adjustable gallows I isthen brought from its starting position, perpendicularly, over the last,and the thumb screw G, with its tooth clamp H, in which it freely plays,is sent down upon the last. Owing to the position of the last upon thepeg-carrier piece one side of the tooth clamp H, which is somewhatnarrower than the heel, will always be found to come quite flush withthe inner edge of the heel, when it is put on the sole. Now screw hardhome the tooth clamp upon the last or the heel top, and it will keep thelast in its place, and hold it securely in its position, and ample roomwill be left to alfastened the bent rod J, with the bend on the sidetoward the heel of the last. rlhe object of this bent rod, the bend ofwhich must be sufficiently large, is to prevent the gallows from fallingentirely down, when it is thrown from over the last on the side towardthe heel end, when putting on or taking' away a last from the block. Thehammer R is used for tacking the uppers, while lasting them.

It will be perceived, that the uppers are nowhere exposed to injury fromcontact with any part of this machine, while free access is gained toevery part of the sole and heel on which any work is to be done.

The upper is mounted thus: After it has been duly sewed together, it isplaced on the last and held in its place by two tacks, front and rear,for the time being; the last is then put upon the bearing block, theskin of the uppers is then stretched over the last in the ordinary way,by pincers, or by any other means commensurate to the object sought, andnailed to the inside sole. The sharp ends of the nails are turned by aniron surface secured to the last, or by the last itself, which may be ofiron, and clenched on the inner surface of the inside sole.

Vilhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof even date .with the French patent of the same invention, is-

rl`he arrangement of the adjustable frame I and thumb screw G, armedwit-h its toothed clamp H, which, pressing vertically upon the innerportion only of the heel, holds the last securely in its position, andgives free access to all the parts thereof, on which any work is to bedone by this apparatus, the whole substantially as above described.

J. I). MOLLIERE.

IVitnesses:

IV. G. SNE'ri-IEN, L. A. MMSCELLE.

